saladee



(No Mdel.)

Y C'. W. SALADEE.

. VEHICLE SPRNG.

No. 296,359. Patented Apr. 8, 1884.

N. PETERS. Phulu-Lhhognplar. Walhingim D.

UNITED l STATES PATENT OEEICE.

CYRUSVV. SALADEE, OF TORRINGTON, CONNECTICUT.

VEHICLE-SPRING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 296,359, dated April 8,1884.

Application tiled December 7, 1883. (No-model.) l

.To all whom it 'may concern:

Beit known that I, GYEUs W. SALADEE, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of .lorrington` inthe county of Litchfield and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPlatform- Spring fhicles; and I do hereby declare that the 'followingisa full, clear, and exact descriptionoiA the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, inwhich- Figure lis a half plan view ofthe runninggear, with the wheelsand body removed, of a vehicle embody'fing the features of my invention.-F1`g. 2 'is a half rear elevation of the rear axle, spring, spring-bar,and lower edge of the body; and Fig. 3 is a detached plan view of thetrunnion-plate by which the ends of the springs are connected to theaxle.

This invention has relation to platformsprings for vehicles; and itconsists in the combination, with the axle of a road-wagon, of aself-compensating duplex spring, the latter being curved downwardly fromnear its center to the requisite point, then bent upwardly to a directconnection with the trunnions of the axle, as will be hereinafter fullydescribed, and particulary pointed out in the claim appended.

Referring to Fig. 1, the axles, front and rear, are cranked, as plainlyshown in Fig. 2. At or near the shonl ders c of each axle is secured, by

a clip, H, or other equivalent fastening device,

the trunnion-plate c. (Shown in detail in Fig. 3.) The springs A A arebent or curved downwardly from near their centers to a point below thecranks of the axles, and are thenbent upwardly, substantially as shown,and are conneeted directly to the trunnions B B of the axles by thetrunnion-plates c, whereby they are rendered self-compensating in theiraction without the use of links to connect them to the trunnion-pins c'c. The outer ends of the springs A A are pivotally connected directly t0the trunnion-pins c'c', and are held in place by the nut-s cZ c?,thereby forming the duplex self-compensating spring. Th'e depressedportions of the cranked axles extend from crank to crank, and on a lineparallel, or nearly so, to the axle-arms, in order to prevent the bottomof the body on the sides from coming in contact with either end of thedepressed por1 tions of the axle when hung low down.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is*- In combination with the axle ofa roadwagon, the self-compensating duplex spring

